Fields are drying up and livestock are going thirsty in the occupied West Bank after Israeli construction destroyed crucial irrigation systems on an agricultural plain near northern Tubas, according to local farmers.
Three farmers said the Israeli army had, for several months, been building a 22-kilometer military road linking the villages of Ein Shibli and Tayasir.
The construction work destroyed their water pipes that watered their fields and livestock.
They complained that the Israeli army often prevents them from accessing their land and had installed a metal barrier restricting movement.
The military said the work in the area was part of a project responding to a "clear security necessity."
